Scientist
| BSc. (Medical) | 2009, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar |
| MSc. (Chemistry) | 2011, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar |
| PhD (Chemistry) | 2018, CSIR Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun |
| E Mail | kirtika.kohli[at]iip[dot]res[dot]in |
| Telephone No. | +91-1352525781 |
| Cell No. | – |
Research Interest
- Extraction-based technologies for separation of value-added chemicals
- Liquid-liquid extraction and extractive distillation for aromatics recovery
- Desulfurization and dearomatization of petroleum-based feedstocks
- Separation of value-added chemicals from coal and bio-based feedstocks
- Direct cracking of crude oils to chemicals
- Heavy crude oil and vacuum residue upgradation using slurry bed hydrocracking process
- Deasphalting and dewaxing of heavy crude oils
- Thermo-chemical conversions of renewable and non-renewable materials via catalytic process
- Microwave-assisted pyrolysis of plastics, biomass, and co-pyrolysis of biomass and plastics
- Catalytic CO2 conversion to value-added chemicals
Work Experience
| Scientist | CSIR – Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun (March 2021-Till date) |
| Post Doctoral Researcher | PRI-Illinois Sustainable Technology Center, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA (2018 – 2021) |
Awards and Honours
Selected Publications
- Slurry phase hydrocracking of heavy oil and residue to produce lighter fuels: An experimental review
Ravindra Prajapati, Kirtika Kohli, Samir K MaityFuel,2021, 288, 119686 - Effective delignification of lignocellulosic biomass by microwave assisted deep eutectic solvents
Kirtika Kohli, Katuwal Sarmila, Atanu Biswas, Brajendra K Sharma, Bioresource Technology,2020, 303, 122897 - Ultrafine reverse micelle catalysts for slurry phase hydro-cracking
Ravindra Prajapati, Kirtika Kohli, Samir K Maity, Brajendra K Sharma, Catalysis Today ,2020, 358, 228-236 - Deactivation of a hydro-treating catalyst during hydro-processing of synthetic crude by metal bearing compounds
Kirtika Kohli, Ravindra Prajapati, Samir K Maity, Madhusudan Sau, Brajendra K Sharma, Fuel,2019, 243, 579-589 - Biobased chemicals from renewable biomass for integrated bio-refineries: A review
Kirtika Kohli, Ravindra Prajapati, Samir K Maity, Brajendra K Sharma, Energies,2019, 12, 233 - Accelerated pre-coking of NiMo-Al2O3 catalyst: Effect on hydro-processing activity of vacuum residue
Kirtika Kohli, Ravindra Prajapati, Brajendra K Sharma, Fuel,2019, 235, 437-447 - Residue upgradation with slurry phase catalysts: effect of feedstock properties
Kirtika Kohli, Ravindra Prajapati, Samir K Maity, Fuel,2019, 239C, 452-460
Patents
- Waste plastic as a hydrogen donating hydrocarbon in residue up-gradation
US 10745629 B2 - Preparation method of slurry phase organic-inorganic fused hybrid catalysts use for residue hydro-processing
US 10857532 B2
Book Chapters
- Joseph M. Perez, Lesile R. Rudnick, Sevim Z. Erhan, Brajendra K. Sharma, and Kirtika Kohli. Natural oils as lubricants. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group. Synthetics, Mineral Oils, and Bio-Based Lubricants (Third Edition)
- Gobinda Karmakar, Pranab Ghosh, Kirtika Kohli, Brajendra K. Sharma, Sevim Z. Erhan. Chemicals from vegetable oils, fatty derivatives, and plant biomass. ACS Publications 2020 Chapter 1, pp 1-31
Complete List of Publications
Google Scholar link
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